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civilian harm Tag

17 Jul

[Taylor Kate Woodcock is a researcher in public international law at the T.M.C. Asser Instituut and Jessica Dorsey is an Assistant Professor of International Law at Utrecht University School of Law and Managing Editor of Opinio Juris.]  Four and a half months have passed since the Minab school bombing by United States forces in Iran on 28 February 2026, killing at least 157 people – including 120...

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08 Jul

[Dr Aurel Sari is a Professor of Public International Law at the University of Exeter] Over the past two years, the Journal of Conflict and Security Law hosted an exchange on a question which until that point had received little attention in the literature: what does it mean for civilian harm to be ‘incidental’ within the meaning of the proportionality rule? Professor Luigi Daniele opened...

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30 Jun

[Narek Abgaryan is a legal professional specializing in public international law with expertise in international humanitarian law and the law of international treaties, currently focused on promoting international law and legal education in Armenia. Davit Khachatryan is an international law expert and lecturer specializing in public international law, alternative dispute resolution, investment law, international humanitarian law, and security.] Much has been written about the legality...

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29 Jun

[Luigi Daniele is Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Molise, Italy, where he recently moved after working as Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in IHL and ICL at Nottingham Law School (NTU)] The first part of this rejoinder has detailed why ‘incidental’, as qualifier of the foreseeable civilian harm object of proportionality assessments, cannot be understood as synonymous of ‘accidental’ or ‘fortuitous’...

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29 Jun

[Luigi Daniele is Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Molise, Italy, where he recently moved after working as Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in IHL and ICL at Nottingham Law School (NTU)] Last year, the Journal of Conflict and Security Law hosted an interesting debate on a surprisingly neglected topic, that is how to understand the notion of incidental civilian harm under...

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